Overview
- Presents original descriptive data on the activities and structures of Islamic organisations
- Offers a critical description of the existing academic literature on the social activities of Islamic actors in several countries of Western Europe
- Illustrates how Muslim European populations are often theoretically represented as isolated from the state structure
Part of the book series: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series (CAL)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book offers a comparative examination of Islamic welfare activities across urban areas in both Switzerland and Italy, in order to address general issues relating to the welfare engagement of Islamic organisations in Europe.
Welfare Activities by New Religious Actors describes how Islamic organisations have been coordinated and structured in Geneva, Milan, Rome, and Zurich; four cities not yet analysed in the literature on Islamic welfare. It also explores the institutional opportunities and constraints that are able to influence forms of social religious activities at the local and international level, by bringing together two research fields that seldom speak to each other: social network analysis and political opportunity theory.
This book will appeal to scholars of Sociology, Anthropology and Religious Studies dealing with the social and political inclusion of Muslims in Europe and the social activities of Islamic organisations in Western countries.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Welfare Activities by New Religious Actors
Book Subtitle: Islamic Organisations in Italy and Switzerland
Authors: Elisa Banfi
Series Title: Palgrave Politics of Identity and Citizenship Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62096-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62095-4Published: 02 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87233-9Published: 09 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62096-1Published: 13 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2947-6100
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6119
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 275
Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Politics of the Welfare State, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Political Sociology, European Politics